NEW YORK, N.Y. – Iona College Goal Club Hall of Fame and Board of Trustees member Linda Bruno is one of two honorees to be presented with Distinguished Service Awards by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association at the 82nd All-Met Haggerty Awards Dinner Wednesday (Apr. 22) at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown, NY. Former Yeshiva coach Jon Halpert will also receive the distinction.
The Haggerty Awards Dinner is the longest running media-managed college basketball awards program in the United States.
Bruno currently serves on the NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Committee and has been an instrumental figure at many levels in both education and athletics. Among her previous positions, she was commissioner of the Atlantic 10 Conference (1994-2008) and associate commissioner of the Big East Conference (1982-94). She has been commissioner of the Skyline Conference since 2012 and also is the founder/president of Bruno Sports Enterprises.
Prior to moving up to the conference ranks, Bruno was an assistant in the athletic departments at Yale and Iona, and a teacher at Holy Family School in the Bronx, NY. A graduate of Iona with both bachelor’s and master’s degrees, Bruno’s accomplishments include: Iona College Board of Trustees, past chair of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee, past vice president of the Collegiate Commissioners Association and past member of the NCAA TV Negotiating Committee. A resident of Manhattan, she is an inductee in both the Iona College Athletics Hall of Fame, and the Maria Regina High School Sports Hall of Fame in Hartsdale, NY.
As commissioner of the Skyline Conference, Bruno oversees all issues related to the conduct of intercollegiate athletics programs at 10 member institutions, including championships, NCAA compliance, public relations and membership issues. And she also is responsible for supplementing the budget through conference-wide corporate relationships and sponsorships.